New directions in judicial politics
By: edited by Kevin T. McGuire
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780415893312; 9780415893329; 9780203805718
Subjects: United States; Judicial process; Political questions and judicial power; United States. Supreme Court; Courts
Table of contents: title: Selecting justice : strategy and uncertainty in choosing Supreme Court nominees / Christine L. Nemacheck; title: The role of public opinion in Supreme Court confirmations / Jonathan P. Kastellec, Jeffrey R. Lax, and Justin Phillips; title: Campaign contributions and judicial decisions in partisan and nonpartisan elections / Damon M. Cann, Chris W. Bonneau, and Brent D. Boyea; title: Race and death sentencing / Isaac Unah and John Charles Boger; title: Under-estimating and over-estimating litigation : how activist plaintiffs may advance their causes even as they lose their cases / William Haltom and Michael McCann; title: Patterns of policy making across state Supreme Courts / Scott A. Comparato, Scott D. McClurg, and Shane A. Gleason; title: Decision making in the U.S. Courts of Appeals : the determinants of reversal on appeal / Virginia A. Hettinger and Stefanie A. Lindquist; title: Supreme Court agenda setting : policy uncertainty and legal considerations / Ryan C. Black and Ryan J. Owens; title: The origin and development of stare decisis at the U.S. Supreme Court / Timothy Johnson and James F. Spriggs, II; title: Bargaining and opinion writing on the U.S. Supreme Court / Tom S. Clark; title: Goldilocks and the Supreme Court : understanding the relationship between the Supreme Court, the President, and the Congress / Michael A. Bailey and Forrest Maltzman; title: Interest groups and their influence on judicial policy / Paul M. Collins, Jr; title: Public opinion, religion, and constraints on judicial behavior / Kevin T. McGuire; title: Lower court compliance with precedent / Sara C. Benesh and Wendy L. Martinek; title: Why strict scrutiny requires transparency : the practical effects of Bakke, Gratz, and Grutter / Richard Sander.